What years did Scott Eyre play?

Scott Eyre played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2009.

Was Scott Eyre a pitcher?

Yes. Scott Eyre pitched in the major leagues, recording 28 wins and 537 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Scott Eyre hit?

Scott Eyre hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.

What teams did Scott Eyre play for?

Scott Eyre played for 5 teams: the Chicago White Sox (1997–2000), the Toronto Blue Jays (2001–2002), the San Francisco Giants (2002–2005), the Chicago Cubs (2006–2008), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2008–2009).

What were Scott Eyre's career stats?

In 617 games, Scott Eyre went 28-30 with a 4.23 ERA, 537 strikeouts, 649.1 innings pitched, and 4 saves.

What was Scott Eyre's salary?

Scott Eyre's last recorded salary was $2,000,000, in 2009. His highest recorded salary was $3,833,333, in 2007, and his lowest was $150,000, in 1997. The Salary History table lists each season from 1997 to 2009.

What position did Scott Eyre play?

Scott Eyre played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Scott Eyre and how much did he weigh?

Scott Eyre was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 160 pounds.

What was Scott Eyre's career ERA?

Scott Eyre finished with a 4.23 career ERA, going 28-30 with 537 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Scott Eyre have?

Scott Eyre recorded 537 career strikeouts.

Is Scott Eyre in the Hall of Fame?

No. Scott Eyre has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Scott Eyre

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1997-2009)

Scott Eyre was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2009 for 5 teams, including the Chicago White Sox, a span of 13 seasons. Across 617 career appearances, he went 28-30 with a 4.23 ERA and 537 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 28–30

ERA 4.23

WHIP 1.52

SO 537

Pitcher PIV -4542.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 160 lb
Born: 5/30/1972 in Inglewood, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1997-08-01
Last Game: 2009-10-04

Full name: Scott Alan Eyre

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Career Pitching Statistics

Scott Eyre — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
28	30	617	32	0	0	4	649.1	654	305	83	332	537	4.23	-4542.8

Career ERA 4.23 vs. league average 4.45 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Scott Eyre Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1997	CHA	AL	4	4	11	11	0	60.2	62	34	31	36	5.04	4.39 (-15%)	-2233.3
1998	CHA	AL	3	8	33	17	0	107.0	114	64	64	73	5.38	4.43 (-21%)	-5642.6
1999	CHA	AL	1	1	21	0	0	25.0	38	21	15	17	7.56	4.71 (-61%)	-1315.9
2000	CHA	AL	1	1	13	1	0	19.0	29	14	12	16	6.63	4.77 (-39%)	-373.2
2001	TOR	AL	1	2	17	0	2	15.2	15	6	7	16	3.45	4.42 (+22%)	412.3
2002	TOR	AL	2	4	49	3	0	63.1	69	35	29	51	4.97	4.28 (-16%)	1173.8
2002	SFN	NL	0	0	21	0	0	11.1	11	2	7	7	1.59	4.28 (+63%)	198.3
2003	SFN	NL	2	1	74	0	1	57.0	60	21	26	35	3.32	4.40 (+25%)	379.1
2004	SFN	NL	2	2	83	0	1	52.2	43	24	27	49	4.10	4.46 (+8%)	-311.4
2005	SFN	NL	2	2	86	0	0	68.1	48	20	26	65	2.63	4.29 (+39%)	2227.0
2006	CHN	NL	1	3	74	0	0	61.1	61	23	30	73	3.38	4.53 (+25%)	-58.9
2007	CHN	NL	2	1	55	0	0	52.1	59	24	35	45	4.13	4.47 (+8%)	190.8
2008	CHN	NL	2	0	19	0	0	11.1	15	9	4	14	7.15	4.32 (-65%)	338.5
2008	PHI	NL	3	0	19	0	0	14.1	8	3	3	18	1.88	4.32 (+56%)	704.1
2009	PHI	NL	2	1	42	0	0	30.0	22	5	16	22	1.50	4.32 (+65%)	-231.5
Career · 15 seasons			28	30	617	32	4	649.1	654	305	332	537	4.23	—	-4,543

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Scott Eyre — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
617	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.154	.214	.154	.368	0

Career AVG .154 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 42.2% below league average.

Career OBP .214 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 36.1% below league average.

Career SLG .154 vs. league average .424 across their career seasons — 63.7% below league average.

Career OPS .368 vs. league average .759 across their career seasons — 51.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Scott Eyre Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1997	CHA	AL	11	2	1	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	CHA	AL	33	3	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	CHA	AL	21	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	CHA	AL	13	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	TOR	AL	17	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	TOR	AL	49	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	SFN	NL	21	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	SFN	NL	74	2	1	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	SFN	NL	83	2	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	SFN	NL	86	2	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	CHN	NL	74	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	CHN	NL	55	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	CHN	NL	19	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	PHI	NL	19	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	PHI	NL	42	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			617	13	2	1	6	.154	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Scott Eyre — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Scott Eyre — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2009	NLCS	PHI	2	.000
2009	NLDS2	PHI	3	.000
2009	WS	PHI	2	.000
2008	NLCS	PHI	2	.000
2008	NLDS2	PHI	1	.000
2008	WS	PHI	2	.000
2007	NLDS1	CHN	1	.000
2003	NLDS1	SFN	1	.000
2002	NLCS	SFN	4	.000
2002	NLDS1	SFN	3	.000
2002	WS	SFN	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Scott Eyre — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	24	0	0	13.2	18	2	3	7	1.32

Playoff Pitching by Year

Scott Eyre — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2009	NLCS	PHI	2	0.1	2	0	0	0	0.00
2009	NLDS2	PHI	3	2.0	4	1	0	1	4.50
2009	WS	PHI	2	2.0	0	0	1	2	0.00
2008	NLCS	PHI	2	1.1	0	0	1	0	0.00
2008	NLDS2	PHI	1	1.0	3	1	0	1	9.00
2008	WS	PHI	2	0.2	0	0	0	1	0.00
2007	NLDS1	CHN	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	0.00
2003	NLDS1	SFN	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0.00
2002	NLCS	SFN	4	1.2	2	0	0	0	0.00
2002	NLDS1	SFN	3	1.1	1	0	0	0	0.00
2002	WS	SFN	3	3.0	5	0	1	2	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Scott Eyre — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	310	3	0	1	0	0	.333
Away	307	10	0	1	0	0	.100

Pitching — Home / Away

Scott Eyre — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	310	331.0	328	146	163	269	3.97
Away	307	318.1	326	159	169	268	4.50

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Scott Eyre — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	BB	SO
2009-10-04	PHI	MIA	—	1.0	0	1	1
2009-10-02	PHI	MIA	—	0.1	1	1	1
2009-09-30	PHI	HOU	—	0.2	0	0	0
2009-09-07	PHI	HOU	—	0.2	0	0	1
2009-08-30	PHI	ATL	—	1.0	0	0	0
2009-08-16	PHI	ATL	—	0.2	0	1	0
2009-08-15	PHI	ATL	—	0.2	1	0	1
2009-08-11	PHI	CHC	W	1.1	0	0	1
2009-08-09	PHI	MIA	—	1.0	1	0	1
2009-08-07	PHI	MIA	—	0.1	1	1	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Scott Eyre — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	617	32	11	74	5	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Scott Eyre — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1997	CHA	P	11	11	0	6	0	0
1998	CHA	P	33	17	1	17	1	3
1999	CHA	P	21	0	0	1	0	0
2000	CHA	P	13	1	0	3	0	0
2001	TOR	P	17	0	0	2	0	0
2002	TOR	P	49	3	3	9	0	0
2002	SFN	P	21	0	0	0	0	0
2003	SFN	P	74	0	2	11	2	1
2004	SFN	P	83	0	2	7	1	0
2005	SFN	P	86	0	0	6	1	1
2006	CHN	P	74	0	1	8	0	0
2007	CHN	P	55	0	0	2	0	1
2008	CHN	P	19	0	0	0	0	0
2008	PHI	P	19	0	1	0	0	0
2009	PHI	P	42	0	1	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Scott Eyre Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	617

Salary History

Scott Eyre's recorded salaries total $17,036,666 over 12 seasons, 1997 to 2009. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Eyre's career ran from 1997 to 2009. No salary is recorded for 2001.

Scott Eyre — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2009	PHI	NL	$2,000,000
2008	CHN	NL	$3,800,000
2007	CHN	NL	$3,833,333
2006	CHN	NL	$3,033,333
2005	SFN	NL	$1,540,000
2004	SFN	NL	$1,000,000
2003	SFN	NL	$725,000
2002	TOR	AL	$280,000
2000	CHA	AL	$250,000
1999	CHA	AL	$240,000
1998	CHA	AL	$185,000
1997	CHA	AL	$150,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$17,036,666

College History

Scott Eyre — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
College of Southern Idaho	Twin Falls	ID	1991, 1992

Award Voting History

Scott Eyre — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2005	Most Valuable Player	NL	30th	1.0	448	0

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Scott Eyre: the record in brief

Between the debut on August 1, 1997 and the final game on October 4, 2009, Scott Eyre built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the Chicago White Sox (1997 to 2000), the Toronto Blue Jays (2001 to 2002), the San Francisco Giants (2002 through 2005), the Chicago Cubs (2006 to 2008), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2008 through 2009). Eyre is listed as a pitcher at 6 feet, 1 inch and 160 pounds. The bio says Eyre both batted and threw left-handed. The recorded birth is May 30, 1972, in Inglewood, CA, USA. The given name on file is Scott Alan Eyre.

Eyre went 28-30 with a 4.23 ERA in 617 games, 32 of them starts. Also on Eyre's record: 537 strikeouts. Eyre's 4.23 ERA was close to the 4.45 league figure for those seasons. The strikeout high was 73 in 1998. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.63 in 2005, when the league's was 4.29.

Frequently Asked Questions about Scott Eyre

What years did Scott Eyre play?: Scott Eyre played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2009.
Was Scott Eyre a pitcher?: Yes. Scott Eyre pitched in the major leagues, recording 28 wins and 537 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Scott Eyre hit?: Scott Eyre hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.
What teams did Scott Eyre play for?: Scott Eyre played for 5 teams: the Chicago White Sox (1997–2000), the Toronto Blue Jays (2001–2002), the San Francisco Giants (2002–2005), the Chicago Cubs (2006–2008), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2008–2009).
What were Scott Eyre's career stats?: In 617 games, Scott Eyre went 28-30 with a 4.23 ERA, 537 strikeouts, 649.1 innings pitched, and 4 saves.
How much did Scott Eyre earn in his career?: Scott Eyre's recorded salaries total $17,036,666 over 12 seasons, 1997 to 2009. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Eyre's career ran from 1997 to 2009. No salary is recorded for 2001.
What was Scott Eyre's salary?: Scott Eyre's last recorded salary was $2,000,000, in 2009. His highest recorded salary was $3,833,333, in 2007, and his lowest was $150,000, in 1997. The Salary History table lists each season from 1997 to 2009.
What position did Scott Eyre play?: Scott Eyre played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Scott Eyre and how much did he weigh?: Scott Eyre was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 160 pounds.
What was Scott Eyre's career ERA?: Scott Eyre finished with a 4.23 career ERA, going 28-30 with 537 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Scott Eyre have?: Scott Eyre recorded 537 career strikeouts.
Is Scott Eyre in the Hall of Fame?: No. Scott Eyre has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.